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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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VIII. Georgina Trevellyn to Louisa ----.

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Arthur Hugh Clough·1819–1861
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nly think, dearest Louisa, what fearful scenes we have witnessed!--* * * * * * * *George has just seen Garibaldi, dressed up in a long white cloak, onHorseback, riding by, with his mounted negro behind him:This is a man, you know, who came from America with him,Out of the woods, I suppose, and uses a lasso in fighting,Which is, I don't quite know, but a sort of noose, I imagine;This he throws on the heads of the enemy's men in a battle,Pulls them into his reach, and then most cruelly kills them:Mary does not believe, but we heard it from an Italian.Mary allows she was wrong about Mr. Claude BEING SELFISH;He was MOST useful and kind on the terrible thirtieth of April.Do not write here any more; we are starting directly for Florence:We should be off to-morrow, if only Papa could get horses;All have been seized everywhere for the use of this dreadful Mazzini P.S.Mary has seen thus far.--I am really so angry, Louisa,--Quite out of patience, my dearest! What can the man be intending?I am quite tired; and Mary, who might bring him to in a moment,Lets him go on as he likes, and neither will help nor dismiss him.
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